“Maybe we’re supposed to understand it as a theatrical depiction of a concert, although it’s hard to figure out the difference.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Louvre’s Flood Plan: Close, And Move Everything Up
“In some galleries, it looked as though a family was about to move in — or out. Boxes were subdivided by foam boards, creating spaces for vases and other precious objects. A seemingly abandoned ancient frieze sat on a wooden pallet on the floor of one gallery, half wrapped in plastic sheets.”
Kansas City Symphony Gets New Contract With No Drama
“We were losing too many talented musicians to other orchestras, and while we will not be able to keep them from going to Chicago and Boston and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, maybe we could do more with salary and working conditions to keep them from going to Utah, Oregon, Nashville or even Cincinnati.”
Writers Need Better Ways To Talk About Africa’s Past And Present
“Han Solo, Chewbacca and the Tynwald land tenure rebellion do not form any part of the popular narrative that informs discussion of Zimbabwe’s current predicament. And yet, it is memories such as these – of ordinary citizens standing up against the colour bar, of the euphoria in the first days of our hard-won independence – that have the potential to inspire the desire for change today.”
Can The Big Apple’s Biggest Circus Save Itself Through Crowdfunding?
“The Big Apple Circus, conceived when the two men were itinerant jugglers who drove cabs and picked grapes, was born of something almost antithetical to material interest, a raw creative anarchy coupled with a desire to provide children, whether they were from Park Avenue or the South Bronx, a shared sense of cultural experience.”
Are Hardcover Books The New Vinyl?
“It’s a deeply satisfying experience to hold something in your hands that you actually went to look for. To know that few people will ever appreciate what you went through to get what you now have.”
Dear British Architect: Even The King Of Sweden Is Against Your Nobel Building Plan
“The project’s many critics, including local residents’ groups, political parties and heritage organisations, have lodged multiple appeals, angry that the centre, to be built next to the National Museum on Blasieholmen peninsula, will replace a 140-year-old customs house and other historic harbourside buildings.”
The Years When Promoters Could Just Pluck Musicians From Anywhere And Pretend They Were A Famous Music Group
“The Zombies, unaware of their stateside success — this was possible in 1969 — had already moved on to new musical projects or day jobs. This vacuum meant anyone could tour the United States pretending to be the Zombies, even a four-piece blues band from Dallas.”
Thirteen Top Images Of Stockholm’s Bizarrely Beautiful Subway Stations
“More than 90 of the 100 stations in the 110km tunnel system, sometimes referred to as “the world’s longest art gallery”, have been decorated with paintings, installations, mosaics and sculptures by 150 artists since the 1950s.”
Voice Interfaces Are Starting To Take Over Our Lives
“Mumbling ‘buy more paper towels’ into the air in your kitchen is about as frictionless as a user experience can get—compared to opening up Amazon on your computer or phone, searching for paper towels, adding them to your cart, and checking out. That makes Alexa—the machine-borne personality that lives inside Echo devices—the ultimate salesperson, and she’s just getting started.”